Royal footman remembers 'smiling' monarch
A former royal footman who worked at Buckingham Palace has shared his memories of the Queen.
Andrew Renouf, who now lives in Plymouth, began working for the Royals in 1976 as a member of the household staff.Remembering the event, he said the support for Her Majesty could be heard across London.Andrew Renouf was awarded a silver jubilee medal, which was awarded to household staff at the time He said: "Being a footman meant I was part of the Queen's entourage, so that meant that wherever the Queen moved residence, then footmen would always go as well.
"I was on the second last carriage, the noise was just overwhelming and it just never stopped from the moment we left the palace until we got to St Paul's."Mr Renouf was there to witness another historic occasion for the Royal family when he helped the newlyweds, the then Prince of Wales and Princess Diana, arriving at Buckingham Palace in 1981.
"To find that I had my photograph in the national press, you know... [it] is something that I can treasure because I can say I was there," he said.
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